There are far too many posts with horrible grammar and spelling. It’s getting ridiculous.
I can’t be alone in noticing this, right?
It’s not dead! I make Apple intelligent proofread what I write. 🤓
…but yeah, I’ve completely forgotten how to proofread.
I dare you to proof that its dead.
I don’t know if this comment was intentionally improper, but…
- prove
- it’s
Got me. 🤗 Poor spelling/grammar is a pet peeve of mine, but it’s so hard to point out online without getting a lot of hate. I only responded here because it was topical and, I assumed, intentional.
Mobile keyboards are awful (except the BlackBerry keyboard).
I miss the blackberry keyboard.
Ironically, almost, when they finally released a phone model with an excellent micro touchpad to replace the e-clit, they also cheaped-out on the keyboard and ruined that. It was love with that new touchpad until the corner of the keyboard fell in - it always did - and then it was pure hate.
If they could have stopped trying to chase apple and just focused on an ever-stronger private phone with a good keypad, they could have kept their security tight, avoided the 'sploit and differentiated on that.
They still could - they’re still burning the bank slowly - but I don’t know whether that’s sexy enough to win them investors. Hard to have AI and security.
Hey, if it sets us apart from AI then I’m all four it
I don’t always find time to proofread when I am sitting on the toilet, trying to finish my thought and get back to my life. Nor do I concern myself with my old posts enough to go backwards over them later.
When I see them, I fix them, but the time and energy necessary to correctly proofread my posts just… Isn’t worth it. We misspeak in real life all the time. We correct ourselves when we can and move on when we can’t. It just isn’t a big deal.
Same here
The level of pedantry in this thread is insane lmao. If grammar and spelling make your post indecipherable then sure, it’s annoying. Otherwise you’re being a whiny elitist illustrating your ignorance of the context of the written word. Not to mention some folks in this thread bemoaning people spelling incorrectly or using “wrong” grammar on purpose – ya know, like black people on the internet or the younger generations.
I’m terribly guilty of this. It’s usually voice to text that i forget to check before posting/sending. My brain knows the difference between your and you’re, but apparently my mouth doesn’t.
It’s fucking tiring to interpret autocorrect that people are too oblivious and lazy to fix.
I don’t know what it is but I’ll read my posts before posting and then come back later and it will have an obvious autocorrect error I missed.
It pisses me right off how bad predictions have gotten on every keyboard. SwiftKey and Swype were damn near perfect at one point and now I swear it purposely chooses the wrong word.
Auto Correct approached me and said I would like that
Fucking this exactly. Far too much effort
Yes, sew much effort
Way way way two much effort.
But what about extra spaces? 😉
It’s mind numbing. I understand ESL speakers having trouble, and I understand being tired and messing stuff up in comments, but if you’re making a post you should be double and triple checking everything you wrote. It’s ridiculous.
In my experience, ESL speakers tend to have better grammar than the average native speaker.
The distinction is, ESL people are taught English and then graded on it. If they don’t know their “who” from “whom” and “that”, then they fail. Unlike native speakers a s writers, they’ve proved they can write in English and be proud of it.
When I was fluent in French, I was pleased at my work and it made me proud. I’m 20 years lapsed and I absolutely struggle at the French in Shoresy when I should know it.
Another distinction is, a fair amount of the US revels in ignorance and mediocrity.
Why use more words when less work fine?
me on discord:
I can’t believe I misspelled that (edit)
Literally everyone else:
I can’t believe I mispelled that *mispellled *mispelt *fucked up Damn autocorrelation fuck
Some people are just morally opposed to ever using an edit button I supposde
It’s more than a sign of pride in your education, it’s also a show of respect to your readers. Formal language is used to show respect; slang and obvious errors are not.
Formal language also indicates dispassionate separation from your topic of conversation and the people you’re communicating with, which can be disrespectful in and of itself in some contexts.
Slang is typically created to develop camaraderie and show mutual insight, which is a bit beyond respect
Overly formal language could appear stilted, and I’d be happy with
- spelling
- that/which success
- adverbs other than ‘literally’
- no clique jargon like ‘mid’ and ‘cap’ and ‘fetch’
We can argue style all day, but I’d love a baseline and the organization like the French have for their language. This ‘usage dictates form’ idea, where vapid influencers can dictate the evolution of the language through weaponized followers, is ridiculous.
Me too. There’s a reason we don’t greet strangers in public with informal language… it’s rude. There’s no reason not to start a relationship with someone respectfully.
But then again maybe I shouldn’t dictate how other people behave. If I had my way people would be forbidden from having children and the species would go extinct.
Not dead but it’s hemorrhaging pretty bad.
THAT’S WHY I VOICE TYPE.
Were you yelling?
In the words of sweet brown, ain’t nobody got time for that. Some don’t have the education for that. You also don’t count all the errors people did take the time to correct, before or after posting.
omg if you can read it who gives a shit, pound sand. Get better at reading bad grammar and understanding what’s being communicated. good for your brain, like learning another language.
in other words, skill issue
